A friend asked if I had any experience I'd like to share and it prompted the memory of this event. (one of many)

Years ago Cleveland was celebrating thier bicentennial. I was asked to draw caricature portraits and perform mime.

I usually stroll as a mime so when I was told they may want 20min performances on stages distributed around the Cuyahoga River, I thought "What do do?"

I decided to practice playing the recorder (this is years b4 the popularity of "the Secret" etc.)
I don't read music so I just played songs that I could remember the music to. Two in particular came to mind; 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens and "He's a Rebel" by the Crystals. (2 oldies)

Ended up never having to play the flute.
A few months later I was asked to draw caricatures during an intermission at an oldies concert. My daughter was with me facepainting and when intermission was done, she said she was hungry and wanted to go home.

2 boys had been hanging around us the entire time said, " don't go we want you to stay" I explained my daughter is hungry etc.
One of the boys said; "There's lots of food backstage" I told him we didn't have backstage passes so he and the other boy said:"Everyone knows who we are back there" and handed us their passes.

As we entered the backstage area one of the singers from the Tokens and one of the singers from the Crystals were singing a duet. When I was sketching the singer from the crystals one of the boys came up to me pointed out a man and said; "You should draw him, he's the one who wrote "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

So I did, I drew him with a lion sleeping next to him with a spilled bottle of nodoze LOL

There were other bands performing, but the only one's backstage when I was there were the one's I played on my flute!

About a month after that I was at an artist friends house playing scrabble with him and his wife. When he was absorbed in his move for the game I decided to tell his wife about what happened.

As soon as I mentioned "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" the alternative style music they had playing on their stereo stopped and the first few notes of "the Lion" played. She looked at me wide-eyed and said; "That's weird!" then the song went back to alternative.

When I resumed it started to play "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" again. The timing was uncanny and absolutely perfect! I didn't plan this, they had the stereo on when I arrived and I had never heard the music they were playing before.

I didn't vizualize meeting these performers when I played my flute. I was just playing what I remembered...or so I thought. I also didn't plan what happened during the scrabble game.

I am grateful to have fascinating experiences like this!

Amazing & Beautiful

I finally got a clip of the show that featured the caricature I drew of Ellen with my feet.
I only wish the resolution was a bit better. Thanks Ellen!!

Napoleon Hill talks about laws of the universe that Carnegie taught him

Nancy did a video of her favorite tree "old gnarly" and I couldn't resist painting it! This is Nancy's response after receiving the painting

Drawing of Kleptodog in response to "Draw Me & I'll Draw you!!"